I gather they have some worth in IT, but I have yet to work in a programming job where they didn’t have negative worth. Every place I’ve seen considered programming certifications to be a big red flag.
It’s an odd cultural divide. I assume it’s because in programming, specific knowledge matters so much less than being able to design and implement. Stackoverflow.com basically answers any specific knowledge question, but no certification really captures one’s competence about the basic paradigms of programming (O-O, concurrency, etc.)
